Every summer I take the time out to compile some songs to take over the sunshine with. So I thought to share with you the songs that I cruise out to with the top down. I figured I would do something this year a little different and show you the videos to you can get the sense of what is going through my mind as I ride.
TREY SONGZ Wonder Woman Video UNEDITED Angel FULL BODY SHOT!
Jim Jones Feat. Trey Songs - Summer Wit Miami
Will Smith - DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince - Summertime
Rick Ross - Push It To The Limit
50 Cent AYO Technology feat Justin Timberlake MUSIC VIDEO
Justin Timberlake - Summer Love
Glenn Lewis feat. Kardinal Offishall - Back For More
Q Tip - let's ride
Jimi Hendrix - Wild Thing, (Guitar on Fire) Live at Monterey
Rosario Dawson is a name you will here a lot more of over the next few years. However I want to say if you do not it is because of a lack of Hollywood and forward thinking. This actress has delivered the goods time and time again and by no means is it based on her appearance. Her talent surpasses that of many and it is high time that those produces put down there pinot noir and spliffs and pick up a clue.
Take a second to see why I feel this way about her work. In my movie to reconsider 'Descent'.
Here is a change of pace. So sit back and enjoy some great pieces of American Film. I hope that you all had a great 4th of July weekend and that you can remember what this country has to offer and all the good that it has.
Then you will be willing to fight for the change within this country that needs to take place. You must know that sitting around complaining about what is wrong changes nothing. It only irritates the wounds. So get out there and become apart of the future, the past is not going to change or will it be forgotten but it can settled if we all remember what it is all for.
Estelle - No Substitute Love VIDEO Kelly Rowland Cameo
I must say that she has grown on me. It took some time for me to dig her but it has happened and I must say when an artist creep up on your heart slowly you know you will be fan for a long time. I guess her ingredients are home cooked and not some fast food satisfaction that leaves you, hungry too soon to often.
I would say that, at the age of 40, LL does not look a day over 27. That is amazing and I wonder what the dude is eating. I guess you guys would have to find out.
For all you work out enthusiast and for those who sit down on the couch with donuts and egg creams. This is the issue for you.
Now if you wish to let your time slide by because the first few weeks of a work out is hard. Then you do not know what hard work really means.
It is time that you hit the gym and make things happen.
I think this video will get you started. Sorry to be so blunt by the way.
First and foremost I would like to apologize for my long awaited return to blogging. It has been one heck of a reality the past few weeks. I do not want you guys to feel that I have forgotten about you. I have been taking the time out to watch some awesome movies to provide to you guys. As you can see in the title I got my hands on a great one. That goes by the name 'Decent', which is a first time production effort by Rosario Dawson.
If you all can remember those college years in which you witnessed horrific acts of violence, wild partying and such just to come out unscathed. Well many did not have that luxury, and those who were more touched by the social aspect than its educational wealth offering and second this film and put it up there with films that tell a story of truth.
I do not want to give this film away at all so allow me to try my best to deliver to you the premise. We have here a college student which is a young lady who is brilliant and about to take the next leap in life just to find herself in a situation that will not allow her out, both emotionally and physically. In which her only response to it is wild parties and drugs, and a hidden agenda for relief.
All to often we are offended in society, one way or another and are left to live with the tragic offense with no offering of understanding or support. So we must take into our own hands justice, however before that justice takes place something within our hearts shifts to a place that is more damaging than that act that has lead us to that road. This film provides a vivid picture into such a state of mind.
I must warn that it is worthy of awards beyond anything that Hollywood can offer. For a production effort that far exceeds expectations Rosario Dawson and her team did an awesome job. I feel that this film will be talked out for years to come. I think all you ladies who come across this will thank me for this film and what it has to offer, however I must warn you that this film is not for the faint of heart, but for those who respect great art.
I am simply blow away by this performance from Jay-Z. If I said anymore than that I would have to write a book and neither you or I have that time to spear. So I would like this short clip to show you what I felt. You will see an artist behind the artist and your mind will finally connect the dots on who this guy really is. Perhaps In short, his greatness is undeniable. Even if he is a man amongst men, he is the King of Musical lyrics and performance.
Now many of you may have heard about the hype suronding the artist formerly knowins as Jay-Z. Shawn Carter almost did not make it on that stage. However I am not one to repeat the facts. I rather give it to you from a source I respect.
There’s been a lot of controversy concerning Jay-Z being a Glastonbury headliner, notably from Noel Gallagher who told BBC News “I’m sorry, but Jay-Z? No chance”, which is the first thing we hear as cut-together video clips light up the big screens and the faces of the thousands who have turned up to watch.
Jay-Z walks on stage wearing a Gallagher style parka and begins with a tongue-in-cheek cover of ‘Wonderwall’, which the crowd duly sing and sway along to. There is a tentative mood hanging in the air as to how he will be received but, as he energetically launches into ‘99 Problems’, everyone screams, hands go up and you hear a chorus of people shouting word perfect lyrics back at the stage.
Jay-Z mishmashes old classic hits from Hard Knock Life, The Blueprint and The Black Album and hits us with specially written rhymes about Glastonbury, the aftermath of New Orleans, George W. Bush and Barack Obama (“It’s time for a change!” he announces as onscreen Bush’s face is replaced by Obama’s) - it’s cleverly written, amazingly performed and all to rapturous applause and cheers.
“Do the ladies here like American men?” asks Jay-Z, the ladies (and men) show their appreciation while Estelle’s ‘American Boy’ kicks in and Jay-Z rocks the mic over the top, he also performs over Amy Winehouse’s ‘Rehab’ and Rhianna’s ‘Umbrella’, so if you’re having trouble rapping along with him there’s always something you can sing along to. He’s a superstar and one of the best rappers in the world. Actually, scrap that – THE best rapper in the world!
His lyrics are intelligent, well written and as he spits them into the mic the pace of his rapping gets faster and faster, almost to the point of being indecipherable, and you wonder why he’s not passing out as he’s still going strong minutes after anyone else would be gasping for air.
If people still think Jay-Z doesn’t belong at Glastonbury they are wrong. He’s one of the best performers in the world and Glastonbury is lucky to have him.
The lollipop cover I could not refuse. I had to let the work be seen as long as I had a say. I think this was a great take on the song and it shows that the lyrics broke down a barrier or two.
However I do not have much to say. I will do my best to get more on these dudes who put down this electric guitar version or the hottest Hip Hop song out.
Vanilla Lollipop (Lil Wayne Acoustic Electric Cover)
Here is another hot one that I think is worth listening to more than once.
Now since I decided to bring you the covers, I also wanted to bring the original Lil, Wayne song. However you will notice this is not the music video but a sweet action sequence that you would enjoy while jamming out to Lollipop.
sa Sade has that rear ability to melt away the day and open the mind to possibility. I have gone on many journeys through the conduit of her voice. Her sex appeal transcends race,sex, status, and breaks down emotional walls of the fatal misplacement of loves emotions. I wanted to do a full tribute to her life, and then I realized she speaks for herself and when that day comes that the wish is for someone to speak for her. I will step in and apply myself to the task. Until that day we will always have her music, a music that breaks up the confusing train of thought we carry pertaining to love and its imbalances.
This is the return of LL Cool J. I do not know where he was for the past few years. However I do know that he has come out from hiding behind that actor Todd Smith. LL is for the music! Todd smith is for the movies and clothes!
It is a wRAP for most of these rookies. I am digging this track and for the first time since he ripped open canibus, who I might add , had the lyrical guns to get the job done. Which proves that LL is a sleeping giant and makes the choices that he makes out of pure desire to do something other than what he is known for.
Make no mistake about what I said pertaining to his acting career. I think he is an actor with high growth potential who has done notable work as of late.
Todd 'LL Cool J' Smith has done some films that may have gone under the radar. However I have the stealth watch that always finds those gems that most of the world missed. I will be bringing those to the blog soon. So be on the look out.
I mull over the idea that many people will one day come up with the idea to stop using words to describe, and begin to ask questions with those words. The vision within me, has the feeling that those words will be positive.
In the mean time. I think that we should be sit back and listen to Anthony David and India Arie show us what words can do.
The power of words is in our hands so do with them what should be done.
As the world turns that long awaited truth begins to spread its wings. As honest warriors welcome it, the sun begins to shine brighter. Although the earth seems warmer, those with warm hearts only realize there home is becoming one with them.
Every time I turn around Alicia Keys tend to cause a reaction in me that I containing it will cause me to explode. Then she goes ahead and allows me all the women that I need to approach man hood.
I am mad that I did not get tickets this year and that I rather play nomad than to attend something like this. Oh well next year.
Lined around our thought lies the truth that most can not accept and/or do not want to accept. It seems that those we come across refuse to eradicate the falsehoods that cloud the reality we all live in. With lies come power, a power that is false and problematic and most wield. It pawns itself off as truth and is perpetuated by many. Although lies live short and truth reigns eternal. It is not winning in the current time balance.
I do not want to harp on Lies, I want us to realize the capacity of it nemesis. That eternity within truth is the power that gives it the opportunity to awaken any one person on the planet to begin a movement. That movement was held in the hands of Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Gandhi, Mother Theresa, and many others like them who fought for something other than themselves.
Eventually someone will open the mouth that they own and those thoughts that we all hold onto can come crawling out. Then we will be in shock and put into action a plan to repress the truth again. In order to keep the cycle of perpetuated lies from living a new generation, we must stand on truth and not false truth, but what is before us in History and within the present.
I've learned that if we search the deepest basin of human existence we will find our origin. Within that origin, we find our brothers and sisters, our friends and forefathers, our cousins and neighbors distant and near. No matter the color, relation is by blood, nothing else. So I say that to say this. You are what you say you are, and you are what you say someone else is.
The blinding cycle will be the down fall of truth, unless this time around more than ten stand up at the same time.
Stumbled onto this guy while looking into Obadiah Parker. I would be wrong if I kept this to myself. Enjoy and forgive the overload on my love for Acoustic Music.
This band is well known in the southwest. They are rocking the stages all through AZ and the West Coast. I wanted to share with you a performance I had the opportunity to witness a year ago. Forgive me for just getting around to allow you guys in on this gem.
Again I bring you a rare feature that will drag you to the bottom of your thoughts and back. A film that pushes the limits in creativity. This film has gone under the radar and for reasons is not on the top of the list. However those reasons in my book can be overlooked when you are looking for pure acting and entertainment.
With budding actress of the time Renee Zellweger who was virtually unknown. Which took turns captivating the screen with this raw energy that is unseen in in many of today's movies.
In the tradition of Bonnie and Clyde and my last recommendation Jimmy & Judy. This weekend is the perfect time to release your anti social rebel out on the couch and enjoy this film. As one guy put it, it's pure homicidal- maniacal movie going.
Although it lags in certain areas you will enjoy the overall content. This film is also a good look into the doors of America's secret lives. Many people are in this state of mind and we walk by them everyday. However because we do not share or care for the moment we see them. They take that with them and become the menace we all fear.
*** This movie is part comedy but there is nothing funny about the content. I recommend this film for pure entertainment purposes for my movie enthusiast out there. Do not take it so serious.
Although hulk did not hit my proposed question to numbers of surpassing the 59 million dollar mark it came quite close to doing so. This version of the hulk beat out expectations by far, however for us enthusiast and insiders we felt that it would have done far better than it has done. Plus now I can visualize Eric Bana laughing at the studio for not recasting him.
So this is what I have to do now. I have to sit and watch this films progression for the next few weeks to see what take place. I suspect after the buzz gets out that we will see a decent if not significant spike in the weekly numbers. Which will most likely will be due to all those out of work High school kids.
We will see. I have my fingers crossed on this one.
*Side note : I went to see the film and I was blown away with the special effects and the acting was far better than the last version. Although they can step up the story in a few areas, if this get green lighted for a sequel. I think that is a strong possibility.
This is a pot of Gold if Marvel can hang on and make it happen. My advice is once the numbers hit profit negotiations should begin.
I was walking around MySpace and I came across some great musical talent that needs a second look. Although I have not had the pleasure of speaking to the artist you are about to take part in. I will be on the road to do so.
I do not know how interested I am in the whole concept of 'Celebrity Circus'. However I have been made aware that Stacey " ageless" Dash, has decided to be a cast member of the Celebrity Circus. So I decided to go find out, and bet I did.
I love what I see so far and I hope that we will see more from this amazingly beautiful woman.
JOHN ROCKINS UNIVERSITY has been brought into existence do to a silent demand for representation. A representation in the media of Ethnic American Films, music, books, and plays. Although this blog is not singular in a focus solely on Ethnic American art, it allows the reader to see that it fits into a full spectrum of works, across the entire industry.
With the exposure JRU's hopes to be a piece of a large pie. An integral part that can be shared at all tables involved and with all who take an interest in the art of our modern day as well as past, and leaping towards a greater future.
No longer should Americans or the America we love, have a split down the center. If in art that continues it will forever bring out the underlying mistrust, and misunderstanding that we face in reality.
I hope to bring all races together with this blog and to bring about a change within our work in the media as well as the art forms of entertainment that we love.
